Higher Learning, Greater Good The Private and Social Benefits of Higher Education

Name: Higher Learning, Greater Good The Private and Social Benefits of Higher Education
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ISBN: 9780801890536

ISBN-10: 0801890535

ISBN-13: 9780801890536

Edition: 2008

Authors: Walter W. McMahon

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A college education has long been acknowledged as essential for both personal success and economic growth. But the measurable value of its nonmonetary benefits have until now been poorly understood. Walter W. McMahon, a leading education economist, suggests that higher education accrues significant social and private benefits. McMahon argues that there is a major skill deficit in the United States and other OECD countries because of technical change and globalization. Yet with a college degree comes better job opportunities, higher earnings, and even improved health. Higher education also promotes democracy and sustainable growth and contributes to reduced crime and lower state welfare and…

Book details

List price: $52.00
Copyright year: 2008
Publisher: Johns Hopkins University Press
Publication date: 3/18/2009
Binding: Hardcover
Pages: 432
Size: 6.00" wide x 9.00" long x 1.26" tall
Weight: 1.606
Language: English



Preface



What Is the Problem?



Challenges Facing Higher Education Policy



Higher Education and Economic Growth: Jobs, Earnings, and the Skill Deficit



Private Non-Market Benefits of Higher Education and Market Failure



Social Benefits of Higher Education and Their Policy Implications



University Research: Social Benefits and Policy



New Higher Education Policies



New Strategies for Financing Higher Education


Appendixes



Correcting for Ability Bias in Returns to Higher Education



A Simplified Dynamic Model with Higher Education Externalities



Valuing the Effects of Higher Education on Private Non-Market Outcomes



Higher Education and Growth, U.S. and OECD Countries, 1960-2005



Valuing the External Social Benefits of Higher Education


References


Index